Mangaluru: Auto-rickshaw rams into parked truck; one killed two injured
Mangaluru: In a tragic road accident reported on Wednesday morning, an auto-rickshaw rammed into a parked lorry, killing one person on the spot and injuring two others. The incident took place at Bikenarkatte here.
According to the reports, the auto-rickshaw was transporting fish from Malpe when the accident took place. The deceased auto-driver has been identified as Saleem, while the injured people have been identified as Shihab and Nizamuddin.
Reports further added that the auto-driver lost control over the vehicle and rammed it into a parked lorry.
A case at the local police station has been registered in this regard.
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Count of voters in Gujarat drops by 73.73 lakh to 4.34 crore post-SIR
Ahmedabad (PTI): The names of nearly 74 lakh voters have been dropped from Gujarat's draft electoral rolls after the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, pegging the total count of electors at 4.34 crore as against the 5.08 crore earlier, an official said on Friday.
The draft electoral rolls were published here by the Election Commission on Friday.
A total of 73.73 lakh voters were omitted from the electoral rolls after the exercise initiated by the EC to clean the rolls, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Hareet Shukla said.
"Before the publication of the draft electoral rolls, a total of 5,08,43,436 voters were registered in the state. After the publication of these rolls, the number of voters is now 4,34,70,109," he said.
"During the SIR campaign, the names of a total of 73,73,327 voters have been removed from the draft electoral roll," Shukla said.
The names of voters in following categories were deleted in the draft electoral rolls -- deceased voters (18,07,278), absent voters (9,69,662), voters who have permanently migrated (40,25,553), voters registered in two places (3,81,470) and others (1,89,364), a release from CEO office said.
The SIR exercise began in Gujarat on November 4 and ended on December 14.
After the publication of draft rolls, objections and claims regarding them can be submitted to authorities till January 18, the EC earlier said.
